CRMS Ridge Relay

Hello Eagle families,

The week after Spring Break, we will be kicking off our College Awareness Week from March 23 - April 1 which will include:

• Fun dress-up days

• Virtual pep rally to celebrate this year

• Rumble at the Ridge on Friday, March 26th at 5:30pm (ticket information below)

• Door decorating & Competitions through Advisory class periods

Please remember to review our campus STAAR update and complete the CRMS STAAR form by March 24th for ALL students.

Also, following Spring Break, we will allow a temporary change of learning location (as we did after the winter holiday break). If you are currently in-person and would like to change to virtual after Spring Break, you may email your counselor to change to virtual learning location and then you will be allowed to return to in-person at the start of the new grading period on April 12th.

Reminder: Monday, March 22nd is a Student Holiday/Staff Professional development day, so we will see students back on Tuesday, March 23rd for a B day.

We wish you all a wonderful, fun and safe Spring Break!

Go Eagles!

Wendy Sturdevant

Eagle News: March 11

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This year's Rumble at the Ridge on March 26th at 5:30pm will include our annual students vs staff basketball game. We will be following COVID protocols, so only families of players who are participating will be allowed to attend in person in the gym. All others will join to watch virtually. Tickets are for sale online now. Tickets are $5 and it is a fundraiser for the CRMS student scholarship. Buy your ticket now and you will receive an e-mail with a link to view the game on March 26th.

The mandatory audition clinic for the 2021 - 2022 Dyami Dancers clinic is March 23rd - March 25th from 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm. Students should wear black leggings, a black t-shirt or leotard and tennis shoes or jazz shoes. Please bring all assigned paperwork the first day of clinic.

Students are required to attend all three days of the clinic to be on next year's team roster. Students who are completing the clinic virtually will need to attend the clinic zoom. The zoom information will be listed in google classroom. Students will be required to submit a video performing the audition routine. The video should be clear and taken in full view of the camera.

Please contact Mrs. Ferguson with any questions

Our 7th & 8th grade art students just completed their Cropped Logo Challenge. This is a compilation of student work from both semesters of Art class. Both in-person and virtual students created these cropped logos out of oil pastel & colored pencils. See if you can guess the logos correctly!

Dear Parents and Families:

We are working hard to keep kids reading and raise funds for our school with our Spring Scholastic PTA Book Fair. We are so excited to be able to offer students a sense of normalcy and joy after this unusual year. Our Fair will connect your kids to notable books and inspiring characters — helping them become lifelong readers with all purchases directly supporting our school!

Important information for our Fair being held Apr 14th-21st at CRMS:

• Pre-order: https://forms.gle/vQizLh4ihTp9Dxyx6

This pre-order form allows you to order from a limited set of Scholastic books for the Bookfair coming to CRMS in April 2021. The best part of pre-ordering is that the first 100 families to order will get a Scholastic reusable bag, free bookmark and are automatically entered to win some really fun prizes: Gift certificates for Pizza, Burgers, Ice Cream and more! Don’t wait too long to order because we need to close the pre-order by Wed, March 24th. Pre-payment will be collected by PTA.

• Outdoor Bookfair with Curbside options: Experience the Book Fair fun by visiting our Book Fair curbside drive-in! You can shop after school on April 19th 4:00-7:00pm and April 21st 2:30-6:30pm. Watch for the Sign-up Genius links to register for your timeslot once the days/times are finalized.

• Contactless Checkout: With Book Fair eWallet, a convenient digital payment account, your child can shop the Fair cash-free. And now grandparents, friends, and others can contribute to the eWallet to help build your home library!

Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet and online shopping: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/canyonridgemiddleschool

We look forward to seeing your child at the Fair! Thank you for continuing to support our school.

For questions or to volunteer please email our Bookfair CONTACT: Lori Thompson, lori@exobright.com

Are you interested in hula hooping? Do you want to learn how to do tricks and spins with the hoop on and off body? If so, go to room 0121 and talk to Mrs. Beasley or email her at misti.beasley@leanderisd.org

Each year, LISD offers students an opportunity to take an Exam for Acceleration (EA) at no cost to the family. LISD offers multiple EA testing windows each school year. Click this link for more information and dates. Students and parents can request the exam through their grade level counselor. The next and final testing window for this school year is listed below. Please note deadline to request a test.

Testing Window: June 7-10, 2021

Registration deadline: April 23, 2021

Logistics: Arranged with student's counselor, LISD district staff, & UTHS

Note: Students who pass an Exam for Acceleration in the June 2021 testing window will receive their acceleration in the 2021/2022 school year.

COVID-19 update for 2020/2021 school year: Currently grades 3-12 testing is only being administered online.

Our CRMS Destination Imagination team will be advancing to STATE after competing this past weekend. Here are team Results Names & Pictures

• 2nd Place (Going to State) - Technical Challenge

• 1st Place - Instant Challenge

• 1st Place (Going to State) - eXtreme Challenge

Team Manager: Jacob Lefler

Co-Manger: Cindy Reynolds

Team members:

Derek Reynolds

Shreya Poladia

Dante Leffler

Sunaina Dewagan

Siri Krishna

Please join me in wishing these students GOOD LUCK at STATE!

Instant Challenge will be this weekend 3/5-3/8,

Technical Challenge will be due 3/19.

No specific date for their eXtreme Challenge but the state is a virtual meet that happens over the month of March and ends April 10th for the Awards Celebration

Despite the obstacles of blended learning this year and not having an in-person Science Fair, we had many 7th grade students step-up to the challenge and soar to success!

Regional Results:

• Curtis Chui:

-1st place in Chemistry,

-Advances to STATE

-received the Broadcom Masters SSP award

• Arnav Sagi:

-2nd place in Earth and Environmental Sciences

-Broadcom Masters SSP award

• Ahyaan Azam:

-5th pace in Energy Efficiency

• Dylan Brinckerhoff:

-2nd place in Engineering Mechanics

-Broadcom Masters SSP award

• Gabriel Guard:

-5th place in Plant Sciences

• Laken LeBlanc-Hayes:

-3rd place in Plant Sciences

-Broadcom Masters SSP award

The following 7th graders participated in the CRMS School Fair and we had 20 of the students advance to Regionals:

Ahyaan Azam

Grant Baker

Dylan Brinkerhoff

Curtis Chui

Victor Edstrom

Gabriel Guard

Jackson Hoy

Marissa Kawamura

Brett King

Arnav Kumar

Brendan Leach

Laken LeBlanc

Kendall Miltonberger

Raegan Moore

Alex Orris

Liza Pozhenko

Derek Reynolds

Shaila Robles

Macie Runyon

Arnav Sagi

Avery Tietelman

Isabella VanLeewan

Jeffery Zheng

Who needs movie theaters when you have high quality entertainment like this right in your home?!?!

Check out the awesome Fall production from our Theater students:

MACBETH!

The class plays:

• 21 Guaranteed Ways to Get Detention
• 15 Reasons Not to Be in a Play

Each year, the CRMS Counseling office hosts a college and career week. This will occur during the weeks of March 23-April 1. The week includes a variety of activities to start conversations about post-secondary options such as daily videos, a college corridor, and more. See info on our counseling website.

High school students may have a choice for a permanent virtual school in 2021–22. The LISD Board of Trustees has approved the exploration of a permanent online school choice for high school students with the creation of a Virtual Learning Academy. Current online offerings are limited to New Hope High School (grades 11–12, permanent) and Virtual Empower Learning (temporary during the pandemic). The proposal would merge New Hope into the Leander ISD Virtual Learning Academy, an online program in which all participants will transfer to, participate in, and graduate from the four-year high school. If there’s enough interest, the Virtual Academy will open to 9th- and 10th-grade students starting in Fall 2021 with plans to add 11th-grade students for Fall 2022 and 12th-grade students for Fall 2023. Please check out the webpage for The Leander Virtual Learning Academy where you may register for the information session next week. Contact Barbara Spelman with any questions.

Link to VLA page

Last call for VNAB Yard Signs: The order for the first round of yard signs has been placed. We will only be doing one more order in early April.

Viper Nation Academic Booster Club is offering yard signs again this year for all the schools in our area. They will only be placing two orders.

Here is the form: CELEBRATE YOUR STUDENT WITH A YARD SIGN! (cognitoforms.com)

2020-21 Yearbooks are available for sale NOW! Don't wait to pre order your yearbook for this extraordinary and unforgettable year! Yearbooks are $40 through April 14th. On April 15th, the price will increase to $45. There is a limited supply, so order yours today! Click here to order.

Did you miss out on purchasing a CRMS yearbook from last year? We still have some yearbooks available that will be sold for a discounted price of $30. If you'd like to purchase last year's yearbook, please visit the front office at CRMS with $30 exact cash or check. Books will be sold on a first come, first served basis.

Turn your sound on and please watch this video from CRMS students!

*Randall's will donate to CRMS PTA if you select us as your Good Neighbor Program just because you shop there! Complete this form and then e-mail to good.neighbor@randalls.com or take to any store customer service location..

*Did you know you can buy all your Amazon purchases through Amazon Smile, and they will donate to our PTA all year long?!?! It doesn’t cost you anything and you order the same way. Just set up your Amazon Smile profile to donate to PTA Texas Congress Canyon Ridge Middle School PTA.

*CRMS PTA: If you have not yet, please consider joining the CRMS PTA. Memberships start as low as $10.

*SPIRIT WEAR: Spirit Wear has recently been restocked. Porch pickup is very close to CRMS.

Be sure to follow Canyon Ridge Middle School PTA on Facebook and join the Facebook group for your child's grade level. Thank you for your time and all of your support for our Eagles!

Grab & Go Library Curbside hours have been updated:

Tuesdays 10:30-11:30am

Wednesdays 4:00-5:00pm

See the CRMS Library website for all the details and MORE on how to get books from your CRMS Library at curbside or on-campus! Thank you for checking at home and returning all library books during curbside hours or on the cart in the hallway outside the CRMS Library!

As we approach our next Track Meet at CRMS next March 25th, I wanted to give you an update on LISD Spectator Guidelines. LISD has lifted the two spectators per student limitation. However, we are now currently under a 50% capacity rule for the CRMS Stadium. Our CRMS Administrators will monitor the capacity in the stadium. All spectators are required to wear a mask and practice social distancing. Please be willing to leave the stadium after your student is done competing to allow other parents to attend. I will send out the order of events and beginning times for the meet Thursday on Sunday or Monday..

To ensure you have the most accurate and up to date information on our sports schedules, please visit the Athletics Website.

• Here is the Leander ISD General Spectator information for all Leander ISD athletic events.

• Everyone entering the stadium/gyms will be required to wear a face mask the entire time they are at the school event.

• You will be asked health screener questions when you arrive and must be completed by each person attending. If you have symptoms, please do not attend.

• Stadium and gyms will have reduced, limited capacity and we will not be able to allow anyone to enter when at capacity.

• Seating will be marked off on bleachers for social distancing. Please do NOT sit on the blue tape.

• We ask that when your child’s game is over, please leave the stadium/gym, so that we can let in more families for the following games.
  

• MS game tickets will be sold at the gate of each event. No presale tickets for MS events.

• Limited passes will be accepted.

• No student athlete passes will be allowed.

• Concession stands will be open with prepackaged food items and drinks for sale.

• Hand sanitizer stations will be provided and restrooms will be open. Water fountains will not be available.

Deadlines for Parents to change from Virtual to In-Person Learning & Date Students Return to In Person Learning:

Returning to in-person for the 1st time this year? Here is some CRMS info to assist in your transition.

• Deadline - March 26 for 6th 6-weeks beginning April 12
  

**Please note that we will no longer be using the Student Google Form due to a district-wide switch to this new screener app.**

Leander ISD has licensed a NEW Frontline Health Portal to provide you with a convenient way to complete your child’s COVID-19 self-screen prior to arriving at school every day. You may download the Frontline App, or use the attached QR Code to register and login to your portal.

• Please review the directions below for setting up your portal to register and create a Frontline account. You may do this through the Frontline Health Portal app or through the web address, Click Here.

(It is recommended you use a desktop computer to register, once registered the Frontline Health App and QR code will work with ease)

• Use the primary email that you provided to the district and confirm the Portal Terms of Use.

• You will receive an email with a temporary password and a link to confirm your account.

• You will need your child’s Student ID # to add your child to the account

Important Note: All children in a family can be added to the same exact account. As well as families that have multiple homes, both parents can create an account for their child with their own email.

If you are having technical difficulties, there are two ways to receive technical support: 1) Call the Help Desk or 2) Enter a Technology Help Ticket:

1. How do I contact the Help Desk?

Call: 512-570-0566
Help Desk Hours: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. M-F

2. Technology Help Ticket: http://servicemanager.leanderisd.org/

Thank you for your assistance with the required daily screener!

***DO NOT REGISTER IF YOUR CHILD IS STILL VIRTUAL, THIS IS ONLY FOR IN-PERSON STUDENTS***

If anyone in your household tests positive for COVID, please notify Mrs. Sturdevant or our school nurse, Rachael Kristoff, immediately. Also, since we are in between holiday breaks, if your child is in-person & was with someone over the holiday break that has now tested positive for COVID, you must notify the nurse of the exposure. We are doing our best to properly contact trace & keep all of our students & staff safe.

We encourage our families and staff to do their part to minimize the spread of COVID-19.

By coming to school, you are attesting that you confidently answered “NO” to ALL of the questions related to COVID-19 symptoms and have a very low risk of carrying or spreading COVID-19. If you answered “YES” to ANY of the questions, you are to stay home. All screening information will be kept confidential by the campus administration and the campus nurse.

Students experiencing ANY of the symptoms from the list, in a way that is not normal for the student, MUST REMAIN AT HOME and a parent/guardian should email the CRMS Attendance Clerk (CRMSAttendance@leanderisd.org) and provide the student’s Full Legal Name, Student ID Number, date and reason for absence.

***Students who are required to stay home due to COVID-19 related symptoms can still access learning virtually if they feel well enough to attend virtual classes.

@AusPublicHealth is offering risk guidance for gatherings to help keep #1LISD healthy & safe. With the recent surge in COVID cases in central Texas, we're especially mindful of how the pandemic continues to affect our community and potentially our schools. Our most important goal is keeping our campuses open so that our students can learn and our families can thrive. We can't do it alone. Please do your part to celebrate safely during the holidays so that we can support and safeguard our teachers, students and students.

To minimize the spread of COVID-19 and ensure everyone has a safe and healthy holiday season, Austin Public Health is offering risk guidance for gatherings. En Espanol

Many have generously reached out and asked how you can donate or support the teachers/school during this time.

If you are wanting to donate and unsure how, we will gladly accept donations of bottled water, paper towels, hand sanitizer or Clorox wipes on campus.

Please note: there are COVID EPA requirements on certain products so please check those before purchasing. As long as the item meets the those requirements, is sealed and brand new, we can accept deliveries of donations during office hours on campus.

As the upcoming school year takes shape, we want to ensure the information families need to make important decisions is easy to access in our Launch to Learning 2020-21 guides.

• COVID-19 Health Response

• Teaching and Learning Guide

• Special Programs Guide

We know that our community still has questions, so we’ve worked hard at cultivating an expansive, updated FAQ section of the Launch to Learning site. The latest additions will be highlighted green for a few days and then moved into a queue under the appropriate heading.

AP/Counselor by grade-level:

• 6th: Cassandra Ricks/Shirley Dean
• 7th: Mandi Vogel/Staci Cote
• 8th: Monica Diaz Carle/Lauren Gripentrog

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Email: wendy.sturdevant@leanderisd.org
Website: https://crms.leanderisd.org/
Phone: 512-570-3500
Twitter: @Sturdevant_CRMS